Church of Israel

The Church of Israel is a Mormon denomination which was founded in Schell City, Missouri in 1972. It has ties to the white supremacist "Christian Identity" movement and is considered an "extremist group" by the Anti-Defamation League; it believes that white people are descended from Adam and Eve (making them the "chosen people") and that non-whites are the children of Eve and the Serpent (making them the "Devil's seed"), that the use of doctors and immunizations should be discouraged due to the medical field being a "Jewish" profession, and that the government is evil (its members once forbade Social Security numbers, driver's licenses, and marriage licenses).